Someone had to win, though, and that was Collins, who narrowly escaped with just over 43-percent of the vote. He had 4,416 overall tallies.

Collins' effort that week spoke for itself. He ran February's fastest 1,600m of all-time, going 4:08.78 at the Shuma Sports Archer Invitational on February 22.

Brackins, meanwhile, scored 4,290 votes and was second in voting with just over 41.8-percent of the tallies.

A big congrats goes out to Collins -- who followed it up this week by running a PR of 8:57.65 in the 3,200m.

Now let's get to Week 9. Vote for whom you think should win this week's national honor following a big week of action. Voting will end Friday, and we'll recognize the winner every Monday during the unveiling of the newest poll.